UPDATE: Both lanes of US 64 open after cleanup work at site of tanker crash

TDOT is asking drivers to please be patient and use caution in the area.

Tuesday, May 15th 2018, 5:05 PM EDT by Ken Nicholson & Tim Pham

Updated:

Friday, May 25th 2018, 1:04 PM EDT

UPDATE: Polk County Sheriff Steve Ross tells Channel 3 that both lanes of US-64 have been re-opened to traffic, which should be welcome news to those headed into the Ocoee are for rafting over the Memorial Day Weekend.

PREVIOUS STORY: Traffic on U.S. 64 is again reduced to one lane Monday as cleanup work resumes at the site of last week's tanker crash.

Crews expect to finish their work today, but TDOT spokesman Jennifer Flynn says they will reassess progress Tuesday.

Flaggers are helping with traffic control, but drivers should expect possible delays.

PREVIOUS STORY: Highway 64 in Polk County is down to one lane Monday at the site of last week's tanker truck crash.

According to TDOT, the environmental contractor is hoping to finish cleanup work today.

US64 in Polk Co. is down to 1 lane today at the site of the recent tanker truck crash. The environmental contractor hopes to finish cleanup work today. Will reassess progress tomorrow. Flaggers are helping with traffic control. Please watch out for them.

"The truck has been removed from the scene and our crews are making repairs to the damaged roadway surface and replacing the guardrail that was damaged by the truck," Flynn says in a release. "Once those repairs are made, estimated to be a couple of hours, one lane of travel will be restored."

Here is a look at the tow trucks carrying out the tanker carrying the fuel that spilled into the Ocoee. @WRCB investigator will use this truck to determine the cause of the crash. pic.twitter.com/miRfmWfM7d

PREVIOUS UPDATE: Crews from the Environmental Protection Agency are at the crash site Wednesday morning.

They are assessing the fuel leak from the tanker to determine the possible environmental impact the spill may have on the waterway.

The tanker was carrying 4,000 gallons of gas, and 4,000 gallons of diesel fuel.

The Tennessee Department of Transportation has said on the TDOT Smartway website that they expect to have the accident cleared by 3:00pm.

PREVIOUS STORY: The Polk County Sheriff's Office says a tractor-trailer crashed into the Ocoee River from Highway 64 Tuesday afternoon.

It happened between mile markers 11 and 12 shortly before 5:00 p.m.

Polk County EMA Director Steve Lofty tells Channel 3 that the semi was carrying 4,000 gallons of gasoline and 4,000 gallons of diesel fuel, which is slowly leaking into the river.

Sgt. Alan Bailey with the Tennessee Highway Patrol says Polk County EMA and Hamilton County hazmat crews are working to clean up the spill. Two booms have been deployed to help contain the spill.

Lofty says an environmental company has been called in to help with the cleanup.

The crash has shut down all lanes of Highway 64 for the night. Sgt. Bailey says traffic is being redirected off of Highway 64 at County Road 314 on the Benton side and Porter Road on the Ducktown side.

The driver of the truck, Glenn Morris from Hixson, is okay. He was taken by family members to a local hospital with minor injuries.